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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tablet 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gilgamesh's dreams are an example of what kind of narrative technique?
(a) Foreshadowing
(b) Theme
(c) Characterization
(d) Style

2. Where do Gilgamesh and Enkidu go to contemplate their course of action and interpret Gilgamesh's dreams?
(a) The forest
(b) The plain
(c) The temple
(d) The river

3. What does Enkidu tell Gilgamesh is guarding the Cedar Forest?
(a) A great angel with a sword
(b) A pack of angry wolves
(c) A demon named Humbaba
(d) The shepherds watch over the forest

4. What is another name for the cedar forest?
(a) Utnapishtim's stronghold
(b) The end of the world
(c) The home of Shamash
(d) The dwelling place of the gods

5. What does Gilgamesh want to do in the Cedar Forest?
(a) To meet the shepherds
(b) Learn to live with the animals like Enkidu
(c) Go hunting
(d) Cut down all the trees

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to those who go to the cedar forest?

2. To whom do the people of Uruk pray?

3. How many layers of armor does Humbaba usually wear?

4. What do the people of Uruk do with the axe in Gilgamesh's dream?

5. How far does Enkidu say the cedar forest extends?

(see the answer key)

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